2024-09-21 0:45:06 ¶ ●

In season 1, Will’s clothes were homely. Had stains of hobby and everyday life. Intimate. Open. In the BSHCI, he is stripped of choice. Of power. He is in the same jumpsuit as everyone else, losing his identity. His hair is overgrown. He can’t afford to dream about comfort, he has to keep moving. Then we get salmon shirt era. Now nothing in his attire now is homely. It’s sophisticated; professional. What profession? What is he setting out to accomplish? To take down Hannibal Lecter. For this he has donned an armour to protect himself. No signs of his down-to-earth lifestyle on his clothes even though he still lives the same life with his mutts on his farm land. He still fishes, he still works ok his hobbies. Just not in front of Hannibal, who he believes will take advantage of him. Parallel that with Margot, who also uses clothing as an armour in response to being victimised by Mason. Am I comparing Mason to Hannibal? No. I’m comparing defensive mechanisms. That 2 of Hannibal’s clients both appear before him with the same inclination; both for different reasons (Will=strategic&defensive, Margot=vulnerable&defensive) and in different capacities is very poignant to me.